In about 1970 they ‘upgraded’ the state pension system; the real motive for this being that they wanted an excuse to get in more money for t...

Among the departments which should be productive in my suppressed and unrecognised university is one for the History of Religion. Informatio...

I have long wondered whether making pensioners the scapegoats for the increasing expenditure on ‘care’, in order to justify still more taxat...

It is difficult to believe how completely what was formerly accepted about IQ has been rejected and replaced by an entirely different set of...

The ideas that dominate modern educational ideology and practice have been incubating for a long time. The idea, for example, that evidence ...

The tiny amount of public spending committed to the elderly – 5.8 per cent of national income compared to 11.7 per cent in Italy – is a key ...

Copy of letter to an academic There is a cottage to rent fairly near us, and this might make more concrete the idea that well-wishers (if w...

More twisted legislation on pensioners is threatened. ‘A commission of experts appointed by Health Secretary Andrew Lansley is considering ...

What none of my college or other ‘friends’ have done for me, and are still not doing. In the first place, they could have come to work for m...

Three years ago my colleague Dr Charles McCreery, as an alumnus of New College, nominated me for the position of Warden of New College. His...